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I often write about the near impossibility of breaking AES encryption, and I am not alone: An article at eetimes.com (link at bottom) comes to the same conclusion. Another take on why drive encryption software like AlertBoot is considered to be very safe...

According to a letter sent to clients of Desert AIDS Project (DAP), the theft of an office computer has triggered a data breach. It has not been revealed whether the computer in question was protected with drive encryption like AlertBoot. But, a "strong...

Howard University Hospital has sent a breach notification letter, as required under HITECH's Breach Notification Rule, to 34,503 patients. A contractor's laptop, protected only with password-protection, was stolen. Technically speaking, though...

According to a number of sources, including datalossdb.org and databreaches.net , a hard drive with information on Kaiser Permanente employees was found at a second-hand store in California. Obviously, the use of data encryption software like AlertBoot...

According to a number of sources, Georgia Health Sciences University (GHSU) is notifying 513 patients that their medical data was breached when a nurse practitioner's computer was stolen. It's not mentioned whether laptop encryption software like...

A staff member at Victoria House Children's Centre in Barnstaple, UK breached protocol (and data security laws) when a USB flashdrive was stolen from her. Obviously, the use of drive encryption like AlertBoot would have prevented the breach from ever...